Meaning of riot boosting | Babel Free

Definitions

Protest activities that encourage rioting.

US, neologism, uncountable

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“"‘Riot boosting’ is an unusual and new term. You might be asking yourself what that means, and I think⟳ protesters will too," said Vera Eidelman, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who has tracked the bills. "I think⟳ it poses a unique threat to speech and appears to be targeted at protests. It uses words like⟳ 'encouraging' and 'advising' that are very broad and refer⟳ to a category of protected speech."”

“The law allows state, and local governments to seek⟳ civil damages from activists or groups engaging in "riot boosting", a term which the state defines as someone who "does not personally participate⟳ in any riot but directs, advises, encourages, or solicits other persons participating in the riot to acts of force⟳ of violence."”

“A judge⟳ found parts of last⟳ year’s “riot boosting” laws to be unconstitutional, in part because they were aimed at demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline.”

“South Dakota has adopted a law that holds a person liable for civil damages if he or she engages in “riot boosting,” defined to include⟳ a person who “advises” or “encourages” another to engage⟳ in violence, even if the individual did not even participate⟳ in the […]”

“A third banner said “Kristi Noem, we are not a riot” and “We defeated it once, we’ll defeat⟳ it again” — a reference to the current “riot boosting” law that was created after a federal judge⟳ said parts of the old law were unconstitutional.”

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